Shimmy doll



S; HASKELL.

SHIMMY DOLL.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 21, 192!- 1 ,122,855. Patented July 18, 1922.

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SAMUEL HASKELL, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

SHIMMY DOLL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 21, 1921. Serial No. 486,343.

To all whom it may concern: v

Be it known that I, SAMUEL IIASKELL, a resident of Brooklyn, KingsCounty, State of New York, and a citizen of Russia, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Shimmy Dolls, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in dolls, one of the objectsbeing to provide a doll with suitable mechanism to cause the doll tosimulate a shimmy dance. To carry out my invention, 1 provide a dollwith a short skirt, to represent the dress of a hulahula dancer (forinstance), or in other words, with a skirt having deep fringe which isflexible and which will wave when the skirt is agitated. in combinationwith the skirt, I provide mechanism to impart to the skirt a vibratorymotion to represent the shimmy dance.

I will now proceed to describe my invention in detail, the novelfeatures of which I will point out in the appended claims, referonesbeing had to the accompanying drawing, wherein Fig. 1 illustrates a dollembodying my invention;

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary vertical sectional view,.the sectionbeing taken on a line 2- 2 in Fig. 1; I

Fig. 3 is an enlarged detail face view of a form of motor mechanismwhich I may use;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary sectional View illustrating the transverseshaker-bar;

Fig. 5 is a sectional view taken on line 55 in Fig. 4, the bar beingbroken off;

Fig. 6 is a fragmentary detail view, illustrating the forked end of theoscillatory arm carrying the shaker bar, the bar being illustrated insection;

F ig. 7 illustrates an end view of the shakerbar; and

Fig. 8 illustrates one end of the shaker bar before the fingers thereofhave been bent outwardly.

As herein embodied, my invention consists of a doll, indicated by 9,having a skirt 1O loosely supported to straps 11 at the front (one onlybeing indicated in Fig. 1) and by straps 12 at the rear of the doll 9.The skirt preferably hangs clear of the doll. The upper end of eachstrap 11 and 12 will be secured to the doll figure while the lower endof each of said straps will be fastened. to the skirt 10. To cause thedoll to simulate the shlmmy dance, I provide mechanism to agitatetheskirt 1O sidewise. To accomplish this result, I place within-the dollbody, which is hollowin this instance, a spring motor mechanism 13. Themotor mechanism acts to operate a shaker-bar 14 by means of PatentedJuly 18,

a vibratory arm 15,-actuated by the motor mechanism 13. The shaker barwill be actuated transversely of the figure and will impart a shakingmotion to the skirt 10. The shaker bar at each end is connected to theskirt 10, as at 16, by rivets or otherwise, and is engaged intermediateits ends by the vibratory arm 15, which is actuated by motor To connectthe bar 14 and arm 15, I provide said arm 15 with a fork 16 havingopenings 17 in the jaw members 18 and 19 thereof. The jaw member 18' isprovided with a slot 20 extending from the opening 17 to the outer edgeof the jaw to form a passagefor a pin or finger 21 carried by the bar14. The pin 21 acts to prevent the bar from being moved transversely ofthe aw 16 beyond ai limited extent. The passage20 permits of the passageof the finger to a position between jaw members 18 and 19 when the baris placed in position in said jaw members. After the pin 21 has beenpassed through passage 20. the bar will be given a quarter turn to carryfinger 21 out of alinement with passage 20. To connect bar 14 at itsend," I provide same with arms 22 and 23 which project at substantiallya right angle thereto] hen bar 14 is placed in fork 16, the arms 22 and23 will be disposed substantially in parallelism with the axis of bar14, at least at one end of the bar; hence, said arms can he slippedthrough openings 17. After finger 21 has been positioned between the jaw members 18 and 19, arms 22 and 23, at each end of bar 14, will bebent outwardly to the position shown in Fig. 4. Each arm will beprovided with an opening 24 to enable said arms to be fastened to theskirt 10 by rivets or otherwise, indicated by 26 and 2'? in F 1. Whenarm 15 is oscillated or vibrated by the motor, the bar 14 will shaketransversely of the doll, thereby vibrating the skirt 10. As

pin 21 has considerable transverse move ment or play, the vibration ofthe skirt will be variable, that 1s to say, will vary as to the extentof its vibratory movement, whereby the shimmy movement will be nearlyexactly simulated. bar 14 will be occasioned only by the frictionalcontact of the fork members and bar, that is to say, when finger is notin contact with either fork member. In this event there will be aslippage, and bar 14; will not have imparted thereto the full movementof arm 15. At such times when pin or finger contacts with either forkmember, the movement of bar 14 will be the greatest. At times whenfinger 21 is in contact with either fork memher, the bar lei willreceive a faster motion than arm 15, that is to say, move ahead of saidarm as it will be thrown, so to spot By means of the connection existingbar 14 and arm 1:5,the skirt l wil. have irnparted thereto a variablevibratory movement, instead of vibratory movemen that does not change inextent; a sort of quivering movement being produced. T he 14; will bepreferably tubular, the finger 21 and arm 22 and 23 being integraltherewith. he bar 1% with its finger i1 and arm and 23 will preferablybe made out of one piece.

in this instance, the motor 13 consists of an escapement wheel 25mounted on a shaft 26 carrying a small gear 27 meshing with a largergear 28 on a shaft 30. The gear 28 is carried by shaft 30 carrying asmall gear 81 having in mesh therewith a larger gear 32 operated orrotated by a coil or clock spring The gear 32 is carried by a shaft 34which has connected thereto one end of spring 33, the other end of saidspring being connected to the frame 35 for the several shafts mentioned.The frame 35 carries cars 36 and 37 having openings 38 for the passageof screws 89, or other means to connect the frame 35 to the body 9. Thearm 15 carries escapement teeth 4:0 and A to engage the teeth of theescapement wheel 25. When cscapement wheel 25 is rotated, arm 15 willhave imparted thereto a vibratory movement. As can be seen in Fig. 2,bar 14; passes through openings 42% in the body of the doll. The arm 15is pivotally mounted upon a shaft 43 carried by frame 35. The shaft 34for gear 82 extends through the At times the side movement ofof thedoll.

2. The combination of' a motor mechanism, an oscillatory arm operated bythe motor mechanism, a bar carried by the arm slidably mounted thereuponarranged to be moved in a plane substantially at a right angle to saidarm when said arm is vibrated, and means carried by the'bar arranged tocooperate with the arm to produce a variable movement of the bar.

3. The combination of a motor mechanism, an oscillatory arm carriedthereby having a yoke consisting of spaced apart members at its freeend, a bar loosely mounted in the yoke members arranged for movement ina plane substantially at a right angle to said bar when said bar isoscillated and a projection carried by the bar located in the spacebetween said yoke members, for the purpose set forth.

4. The combination of a doll, a skirt carried thereby, hanging looselytherefrom, a bar mounted transver ely of the doll and contactingat eachend with said skirt, a motor mechanism carried by the doll arranged tooperate said bar transversely of the doll, said bar being slidablyconnected to the motor mechanism, and a stop associated with the bar tolimit its sliding movement.

5. The combination of a motor mechanism, an arm oscillated thereby, theextent of the oscillating movement of the arm being unchangeable, a barloosely connected to the arm arranged for movement by said arm, andmeans associated with the bar arranged to cooperate with the arm toimpart to the bar a variable movement.

SAMUEL HASKELL.

